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Western cicada killer wasp

Golden paper wasp - Polistes

Western paper wasp - Mischocyttarus

Potter wasp - Eumenes

Mason wasp - Euodynerus

Grass carrier wasp - Isodontia

Podalonia thread-waisted wasp or cutworm wasp

Ammophila thread-waisted wasp

Blue mud dauber wasp

Black and yellow mud dauber wasp

Grasshopper hunter wasp - Prionyx

Black grasshopper hunter wasp - Prionyx

Great golden digger wasp - Sphex ichneumoneus

Orange katydid wasp - Sphex lucae

Blue-green cricket hunter wasp - Chlorion

Pollen wasp - Pseudomasaris marginalis

Pollen wasp - Pseudomasaris vespoides

Pollen wasp - Pseudomasaris edwardsii

Cuckoo wasp - Chrysididae

Bald-faced hornet

Northern yellowjacket

Western yellowjacket - Vespula pennsylvanica

Scarab hunter wasp - Scoliidae

Tiphiid wasp - Tiphiidae

Sand wasp - Steniolia

Sand wasp - Bembix

Sand wasp - Bicyrtes

Sand-loving wasp - Tachytes

Stinkbug wasp - Astata

Spider wasp - Pompilidae, Calopompilus

Blue-black spider wasp - Anoplius

Ground spider wasp - Priocnemis oregona

Red-tailed spider hunter wasp - Ageniella

Weevil hunter wasp - Cerceris

Weevil hunter wasp - Eucerceris

Beewolf - Crabronidae, Philanthus gibbosus

Beewolf - Crabronidae, Philanthus multimaculatus

Wood boring beetle wasp - Aulacid

Chalcid wasp - Leucospis

Braconid wasp - Cheloninae

Braconid wasp

Ichneumonid wasp

Ichneumonid wasp - Trogus

Velvet ant, wingless female - Dasymutilla bioculata

Brown velvet ant winged male - Mutillidae, Odontophotopsis